The Manufacturing Leadership Council invites you to participate in our latest Factories of the Future Research Project. The results of this survey will be published in the February 2018 issue of the Manufacturing Leadership Journal.
How are manufacturers embracing the potential of new Manufacturing 4.0 technologies to help create more cost-efficient, responsive, and flexible factories of the future? How will … http://www.gil-edvents.gilcommunity.com/blog/what-will-factories-future-look/

As with any potentially transformative industry initiative, evangelism is soon tempered by realism as attempts to drive front-line adoption reveal a host of real-world obstacles that must be overcome.So too with Industry 4.0, the future vision for manufac…
As with any potentially transformative industry initiative, evangelism is soon tempered by realism as attempts to drive front-line adoption reveal a host of real-world obstacles … http://www.gil-edvents.gilcommunity.com/blog/hannover-day-2-challenges-industry-40/

From small packaging companies to the largest diversified industrial giants, to the opening ceremony speech at the 68th Hannover Fair yesterday by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the idea of Industrie 4.0, the expected next wave of progress in manufactur…
From small packaging companies to the largest diversified industrial giants, to the opening ceremony speech at the 68th Hannover Fair yesterday by German Chancellor Angela Merkel,… http://www.gil-edvents.gilcommunity.com/blog/hannover-fair-opens-talk-industrie-40-transformation-india/

Part of the problem in today’s world of highly active technology and social media is that it’s sometimes hard to distinguish the hype from what’s actually happening on the ground in manufacturing. Perhaps this has never been more so than with the current …
Part of the problem in today’s world of highly active technology and social media is that it’s sometimes hard to distinguish the hype from what’s actually happening on the ground … http://www.gil-edvents.gilcommunity.com/blog/industry-40-vs-manufacturing-reality-mind-gap/

It’s rare for the world to converge around a shared vision of the future of manufacturing, but there was a distinct sense of alignment during last week’s massive industrial fair in Hannover, Germany. However, there was also increasing acknowledgement that…
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It’s rare for the world to converge around a shared vision of the future of manufacturing, but there was a distinct sense of alignment during last week… http://www.gil-edvents.gilcommunity.com/discussion/hannover-fair-challenges-transition-industry-40/

GE, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Intel, IBM and the U.S. government have launched a new industry initiative in a bid to accelerate the development of critical open standards for the next technology revolution of cyber-physical systems -- known as The Internet of …
One of the key limitations with any technological revolution is the speed at which the key players find common ground among their innovative new technologies so they can all opera… http://www.gil-edvents.gilcommunity.com/blog/industry-giants-collaborate-drive-internet-things-revolution/